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IAM

Identity and Access Management: frameworks controlling access permissions and roles for digital identities.

Definition

Identity and Access Management: frameworks controlling access permissions and roles for digital identities.

Use case

Configuring AWS IAM roles so an S3 bucket can only be read by specific backend Lambda functions.

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Articles

What is IAM?

AWS · Article · link checked 2026-10-16

Users, roles and policies: who is allowed to touch what.

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